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While Young Mods had a big hit with “ Choice of Colors,” 1968’s This Is My Countryis hands-down the best, most cohesive full-length from this era. That’s not to say these albums aren’t excellent.
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These records are the sketches, the studies for Mayfield’s “message”-laden concept albums like Super Fly that he would later craft as a solo artist. We’re a Winner, This is My Country, The Young Mods Forgotten Story–in these records he hasn’t completely devoted his art to preaching a message, but he’s extremely conscious and experimenting with how best to state what’s on his mind. With Mayfield’s late ‘60s output, we’re able to glimpse the artist in a period of transition, both sonically and topically. His unmistakable, high-climbing voice was otherworldly, but by the late ‘60s it was no longer angelic but prophetic. The richly textured, “vocal group” sound of the early ‘60s Impressions thinned and was rearranged to make even more room for Mayfield’s distinct and conscious presence. A simple, powerful, beautiful song.Ĭurtis Mayfield wrote that song in 1964, but as the decade progressed, his songwriting grew more focused and aggressive… less a prayer, more a message. The Impressions’ earnest, glowing harmonizer made a perfect anthem, thanks to a sing-a-long chorus and a positive, be-gospeled message: a fair shake is on it’s way because there’s a train a-comin’.
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“ People Get Ready” was a vessel for the zeitgeist of the Civil Rights Movement.